Three Kings -- Todd Balf
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#ads Stream any unabridged audiobook of your choice with premium access by starting your trial on: https://booksreader.space/al-1971/ Title: Three Kings Author: Todd Balf Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini Format: mp3 Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins Release date: 07-02-24 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings Genres: Olympics & Paralympics Publisher's Summary: Even today, it’s considered one of the most thrilling races in Olympic history. The hundred-meter sprint final at the 1924 Paris Games, featuring three of the world’s fastest swimmers—American legends Duke Kahanamoku and Johnny Weissmuller, and Japanese upstart Katsuo Takaishi—had the cultural impact of other milestone moments in Olympic history: Jesse Owens’s podiums in Berlin and John Carlos’s raised, black-gloved fist in Mexico City. Never before had an Olympic swimming final prominently featured athletes of different races, and never had it been broadcast live.
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